American R&B singer, songwriter and record producer Donell Jones who most notable for the hits "U Know What's Up", "Where I Wanna Be", and his cover of Stevie Wonder's "Knocks Me Off My Feet" was in South Africa recently and performed at the Sandton C

Looking into the story of a lion in Africa being killed. Marc Roche from Le Point versus Owen Jones from The Guardian versus Safak Timur frm BBC Turkish Service versus Michael Goldfarb from globalpost.com. Recorded from BBC News Channel HD, Dateline Londo

Heavy metal music is gaining a steady fan base in Egypt. Traditionally, the country's deeply conservative wider society has been wary of the musical genre, but fans see no contradiction between their faith and their music. Fans pack into a concert hall fo

Egypt has a large population and strong military, but its government is unstable. So, we wanted to know, how powerful is Egypt? "For almost 30 centuries-from its unification around 3100 B.C. to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C.-ancient Egypt

There has been a rise in the number of people going missing at the hand of the security services in Egypt, according to human rights activists in the country. One campaign group says that in two months it recorded 163 cases of "enforced disappearances", m

Peter Greste, one of three Al Jazeera journalists whose trial has been adjourned for a tenth time in Egypt, has spoken of his frustration at the repeated delays. Egyptian Baher Mohamed, Canadian Mohamed Fahmy and Australian Greste were found guilty in Jun

Zimbabwe announces restrictions on hunting around the country’s biggest game reserve following the killing of a much-loved lion by a US dentist. Wildlife authorities say they will not hesitate to arrest, prosecute, and ban for life those who violate

The dentist hasn't been seen since closing his office 5 days ago while Zimbabwe's Environment Minister calls for his extradition. A Minnesota dentist's killing of Zimbabwe's Cecil the lion just outside a national wildlife preserve has unleashed death thre

Videos emerge of hunts showing how Cecil the lion was likely killed: ‘Wasn’t that nice to put four arrows in a lion charging like that?’ (WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT) This is how the world's most hated hunter likely killed his innocent prey

Egyptian authorities are not pleased with the King Tut travelling exhibitions. Egyptian museum director Mahmoud Halwagy, says replicating exhibitions of King Tut is a violation of Egypt's copyrights on its antiquities. CCTV's Adel EL Mahrouky reports.

Nigeria has appointed a general to lead the new multinational task force created to fight Boko Haram in the face of a surge of devastating attacks. The announcement came as Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari met with his Cameroonian counterpart in a bid

South Africa's biggest gold producers have proposed new wage offers to mining unions. AngloGold and Sibanye Gold proposed to raise monthly pay for entry-level workers by 79 dollars annually for the three years started July 1st, 2015. CCTV's Angelo Coppola

Kenya's flag carrier, Kenya Airways has reported a pretax loss of 293 million dollars for the year to March 2015. This was much wider than the 48 million dollar loss reported over the corresponding period last year. The airline attributed the deficit to a

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has signaled the start of the presidential race by announcing his intention to run in 2016. Museveni has been in power for nearly 30 years. CCTV's Hillary Ayesiga reports.

An astonishing global trend has taken root in South Africa's Mother City. Book stores in Cape Town are stocking coloring books. That may not come as a surprise. But these books are for adults. CCTV's Travers Andrews reports.

Tensions between unions and employers in Zimbabwe are intensifying, following labour reforms that make it easier for companies to sack workers. More than 15,000 workers have lost their jobs since a supreme court ruling on July 17 and unions are predictabl

Basketball stars including Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers and Boris Diaw of the San Antonio Spurs warmed up Friday for the NBA's first ever game in Africa, as the sport looks to expand into the fast-developing continent. Basketball stars including